The Sultan of Brunei is one of the richest people on the planet. The Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah is willing to spend about 535 million VND for a haircut. A barber from London, England named Ken Modestou specializes in being invited to cut the hair of this monarch. The amazing thing is that the worker still lives in the UK, was flown to Brunei by private jet just to get a haircut and the Sultan of Brunei also paid for the move. Gold shirt costs more than 5 billion Datta Phuge wears a pure gold shirt. An Indian businessman and billionaire named Datta Phuge ordered a gold shirt for himself in 2012. Such a shirt costs 240,000 USD (more than 5.5 billion VND). This shirt is made of 22 carat gold and took 3 years to sew. The shirt was designed by jewelry designer Tejpal Ranka in the city of Pune, India. 16 artisans were recruited by Tejpal just to assemble the pieces of the shirt within 15 days. Not only that, the designer also hand-made a belt to match the gold shirt. Guinness World Records has also recognized this as the most expensive shirt in the world. Engraved giant name so that it can be seen from… the Moon The name of the Arab billionaire can be seen from the Moon. A billionaire named Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan bought an island in the city of Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia with the desire to carve his name on the island. The special thing is that the name is engraved so large that it is said to be visible from the Moon. It was created by digging deep into the earth and letting seawater flow in. Buy an old book for more than… 700 billion dong The book is “worth a thousand gold” by Leonardo da Vinci. Billionaire Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft Corporation, rarely spends lavishly, but he spent 30.8 million USD (more than 709 billion VND) to buy an old book. It is a book by the famous painter Leonardo da Vinci called Codex Leicester. (According to Natinol/Dan Tri)

The Riverview Company has dug numerous wells in Arizona over the past six years. Photo: Guardian. Cynthia Beltran arrives in Sunizona, the center of Cochise County in the state of Arizona, USA in the fall of 2020. Although the area lacks potable water, Beltran can’t do anything because of financial constraints. Also due to lack of money, she accepted to manage 100 USD a week to buy water, instead of spending 15,000 USD to deepen the existing well in the new apartment. With a man with only a part-time job, Beltran soon surrendered to the $100-a-week payment and was forced to live with the help of his neighbors. “I’ve run out of options,” she said. Beltran is not the only case of the Willcox basin, which is about 5,200 square kilometers in Arizona. According to the state Department of Water Resources (ADWR), 78 wells dug between 2015 and 2019 have dried up. This number could increase to 100 in a few months. Several homes in Sunizona have been abandoned because the owners cannot afford to deepen an existing well or dig a new one. However, even with the ability to pay, there is no guarantee the drilling will be successful. Sunizona residents attribute the situation to the fact that Riverview, based in Minnesota, began digging wells with depths of 300-800 meters. They’ve been doing this since the beginning of 2015, and they’re causing the groundwater level to drop more and more. Riverview is not the first well drilling company in Sunizona, but they are the largest and deepest digging organization. Within 5 years, from January 2015 to November 2020, the number of wells in the area increased from 494 to 898. Kevin Wulf, a spokesman for Riverview, acknowledged the impact of the increase in the number of wells but believes it is not the only cause. “It is rumored that we came to dry the valley, then left. But no way, we do.” There is no question that Riverview changed the economic landscape of the Willcox Basin in just a few years. The company turned this place into an economic center thanks to the dairy farming and trading industry. They spent $38 million to buy Coronado dairy cows and bid for 2,600 hectares of land in the Kansas Settlement, north of Sunizona, on the day they started their business. To date, the company has spent about $180 million more to own more than 20,000 hectares of land, mostly agricultural land. The size of the company’s cow herd is estimated at about 150,000 cows. Sources close to Riverview say that the parent company prefers to invest in Arizona because the natural and climatic conditions are similar to the California valley where they have been successful. In addition, in this western state, there is no law regulating the amount of water pumped by each farmer household. “The Willcox Basin is the Wild West. The water there is free to use without any strings attached. As long as you have money to drill a well, you have water and no other planning or reporting,” said Kristine Uhlman, a retired hydrologist at the University of Arizona. Surrounded by five mountain ranges, the aquifer of the Willcox Basin is abundant. Before large-scale agricultural pumping started around 1940, the aquifers there had enough water to service Tucson, the nearest major city at the time, for 970 years, ADWR reports. Unlike the Southwest, the saline part of the aquifer of the Willcox Basin is only about 30 meters, and most of it is fresh water below. Uhlman says that in some areas, groundwater can be several kilometers above the surface. Because of this speculation, the Riverview Company and water-starved farmers have been descending into the valley for about a decade. However, due to lack of management, from 1940 to 2015, the groundwater level here decreased from 60 to 90 meters compared to the pre-development level. A retired ADWR official said the rate of decline increased from 0.6-1.2 meters a year before 2015 to 0.9-1.5 meters a year after 2015, when Riverview arrived. business. A water well in Arizona has risen by nearly 1 meter due to drought. Photo: AZ. According to an independent study by ADWR, Riverview drilled about 21% of the 315 new wells between January 2015 and October 2019. Specific numbers were not disclosed, but Riverview spokesman Wulf said: “Our total water usage is carefully monitored internally. We support state law that requires the measurement of all rural wells. This proposal has stalled in recent years, because of objections from other farmers.” Riverview’s claim to reduce water use causes a lot of skepticism. Two veteran local farmers, Joe Salvail and John Hart, say that while many residents have left their homes due to lack of water, Riverview has ramped up off-season planting, maintaining a two-crop-a-year rate. These factors increase the total amount of water used. In 2015, a group of farmers, ranchers, and government officials proposed the installation of meters on wells. Even so, the plan has created deep divisions within the community and the state legislature. “The leaders back then had no say. Almost no one wants to talk about it anymore,” Hart said. The prospect of Sunizona in particular and Arizona in general, in the long term, is forecasted to be bleak. According to ADWR research, if pumping levels are kept at the current level, water levels will drop by as much as 280 meters in the Kansas Settlement by 2115, compared with 1940 levels. According to the agency, most of the water remains in the strata The reservoir will be so deep that it will be almost impossible to pump up. “The reality is Riverview is drawing water from the bottom. It’s like when you suck water from a bucket, you’ll have water until it’s empty. While people with shorter straws, they get nothing.” hydrologist Uhlman commented. In addition to the state of Arizona, the US also issued an urgent notice about the risk of water shortage in the state of Nevada. The main reason, according to the US Bureau of Reclamation, is climate change causing less snow and ice to flow into lakes and rivers. In addition, hotter temperatures dry the soil, causing more river water to evaporate as it flows through the drought-stricken western United States.

Tiny bacteria on Earth have bitten these plant remains with specialized enzymes. But because the hungry microorganisms process a large amount of carbon in the soil, even taking in some elements into their cells, the bacteria cannot do the full job, so there are pieces of carbon that are not broken down. dishwashing bacteria. Moreover, they also have carbon in their bodies, so when the bacteria die, the carbon goes back to the ground. It’s a cycle, where there’s always carbon left over. These small pieces accumulate over time. Illustration. Such tiny pieces are the humus material, which accumulates year after year. And bacteria’s carbon storage has given the earth its dirty brown color, because carbon absorbs most of the colors in the solar spectrum, except for the brown light it reflects back. However, not all land on earth is brown. Some deserts seem to have only white sand. The soil in Hawaii, rich in iron, is reddish in color. Dig deep into the ground in some areas that are dirty brown, you’ll see other colors underneath. If there wasn’t too much carbon in the ground, the ground would be yellow, red, and gray. They depend on the color of the dominant mineral there. The Mysteries of the Earth 1. Does anyone know what the structure of the middle layer of the Earth is? According to research by seismologists, we already know that the internal structure of the Earth includes: The inner core is solid. The outer core layer is molten lava. The intermediate layer, called the mantle or mantle, lies at a depth of 30 to 2,900 km. The rock crust can slide away freely. But what the mantle is made of is still a mystery to researchers because we haven’t been able to dig down to this layer or have any evidence of its composition. Until now, the deepest hole that humans can dig is the Kola Drilling Hole in Russia, only 12.3 km deep. 2. Earth’s two poles are interchangeable Scientists have proven that the two magnetic poles of the Earth can change positions and reverse directions. This phenomenon has happened many times in Earth’s history. The last time the Earth changed polarity was 10 million years ago, and it is likely that this will happen again in the future. Until now, scientists did not know how this phenomenon could happen. 3. Earth used to have two moons Scientists confirm that, 4.6 million years ago, Earth had two natural satellites. The second satellite exists in the same orbit as the Moon and has a diameter of about 1,200 km. After a few million years, these two satellites collided. This may explain why the two halves of the Moon are so different today. 4. The Earth actually rotates very fast The Earth, including the atmosphere and everything on the planet’s surface, rotates at a tremendous speed of more than 1,600 km/h, while the Earth’s rotation speed around the Sun is 108,000 km/h. Humans can live and function normally while standing on the ground because we, everything around and the Earth are rotating at the same speed. We can feel this movement thanks to the wind, but since the entire atmosphere is moving at the same speed as us, we don’t feel anything. If the Earth suddenly stopped rotating, we could feel this movement. But it will not be pleasant at all, everything on Earth will be swept away at more than 1,600km/h. 5. Time on Earth is “getting longer” every day 620 million years ago, a day on Earth lasted only about 21.9 hours. But the Earth is spinning more and more slowly, so in the future, our day will be 25 hours long. Scientists have shown that after every century, the Earth’s rotation slows down by about 1.8 milliseconds, which means that a day will be only 2 milliseconds longer. So we have to wait another 200 million years for a day on Earth to have 25 hours. 6. Gravity on Earth is not the same everywhere The Earth is not a perfect sphere, so Earth’s gravity is not uniform, there will be areas of weak gravity and regions of different strong gravity, even places where there is almost no gravity. Hudson Bay in Canada is known as a place of near zero gravity due to the low density of rock here, caused by the rapid melting of glaciers. 7. In primitive times, the Earth used to be purple In ancient times, plants used retinal instead of chlorophyll to absorb light. This substance causes them to reflect red and blue light. This is the reason why ancient plants were red, not green like today’s plants. This led scientists to hypothesize that the original Earth was once purple because it was covered with ancient plants. 8. The ocean hidden in the ground Scientists believe that there is a giant ocean, and the amount of water contained in it is estimated to be three times greater than that of all the oceans on the Earth’s surface. In early 2014, researchers discovered “ringwoodite,” a material located in the transition zone (between 410 km and 660 km deep), as proof that a giant sea of ​​water exists. exist below the surface of the Earth. According to scientists, this underground ocean is about 2.7 million years old, under tremendous pressure.

As plants wilt and die, their leaves and branches fall, carrying the carbon they’ve stored into the ground. Tiny bacteria on Earth have bitten these plant remains with specialized enzymes. But because the hungry microorganisms process a large amount of carbon in the soil, even taking in some elements into their cells, the bacteria cannot do the full job, so there are pieces of carbon that are not broken down. dishwashing bacteria. Moreover, they also have carbon in their bodies, so when the bacteria die, the carbon goes back to the ground. It’s a cycle, where there’s always carbon left over. These small pieces accumulate over time. Such tiny pieces are the humus material, which accumulates year after year. And bacteria’s carbon storage has given the earth its dirty brown color, because carbon absorbs most of the colors in the solar spectrum, except for the brown light it reflects back. However, not all land around the earth is brown. Some deserts seem to have only white sand. The soil in Hawaii, rich in iron, is reddish in color. Dig deep into the ground in some areas that are dirty brown, you’ll see other colors underneath. If there wasn’t too much carbon in the ground, the ground would be yellow, red, and gray. They depend on the color of the dominant mineral there. The Mysteries of the Earth 1. Does anyone know what the structure of the middle layer of the Earth is? According to research by seismologists, we already know that the internal structure of the Earth includes: The inner core is solid. The outer core layer is molten lava. The intermediate layer, called the mantle or mantle, lies at a depth of 30 to 2,900 km. The rock crust can slide away freely. But what the mantle is made of is still a mystery to researchers because we haven’t been able to dig down to this layer or have any evidence of its composition. Until now, the deepest hole that humans can dig is the Kola Drilling Hole in Russia, only 12.3 km deep. 2. Earth’s two poles are interchangeable Scientists have proven that the two magnetic poles of the Earth can change positions and reverse directions. This phenomenon has happened many times in Earth’s history. The last time the Earth changed poles was 10 million years ago, and it is very likely that this will happen again in the future. Until now, scientists did not know how this phenomenon could happen. 3. Earth used to have two moons Scientists confirm that, 4.6 million years ago, Earth had two natural satellites. The second satellite exists in the same orbit as the Moon and has a diameter of about 1,200 km. After a few million years, these two satellites collided. This may explain why the two halves of the Moon are so different today. 4. The Earth actually rotates very fast The Earth, including the atmosphere and everything on the planet’s surface, rotates at a tremendous speed of more than 1,600 km/h, while the Earth’s rotation speed around the Sun is 108,000 km/h. Humans can live and function normally while standing on the ground because we, everything around and the Earth are rotating at the same speed. We can feel this movement thanks to the wind, but since the entire atmosphere is moving at the same speed as us, we don’t feel anything. If the Earth suddenly stopped rotating, we could feel this movement. But it will not be pleasant at all, everything on Earth will be swept away at more than 1,600km/h. 5. Time on Earth is “getting longer” every day 620 million years ago, a day on Earth lasted only about 21.9 hours. But the Earth is spinning more and more slowly, so in the future, our day will be 25 hours long. Scientists have shown that after every century, the Earth’s rotation slows down by about 1.8 milliseconds, which means that a day will be only 2 milliseconds longer. So we have to wait another 200 million years for a day on Earth to have 25 hours. 6. Gravity on Earth is not the same everywhere The Earth is not a perfect sphere, so Earth’s gravity is not uniform, there will be areas of weak gravity and regions of different strong gravity, even places where there is almost no gravity. Hudson Bay in Canada is known as a place of near zero gravity due to the low density of rock here, caused by the rapid melting of glaciers. 7. In primitive times, the Earth used to be purple In ancient times, plants used retinal instead of chlorophyll to absorb light. This substance causes them to reflect red and blue light. This is the reason why ancient plants were red, not green like today’s plants. This led scientists to hypothesize that the original Earth was once purple because it was covered with ancient plants. 8. The ocean hidden in the ground Scientists believe there is a giant ocean, and the amount of water contained in it is estimated to be three times greater than that of all the oceans on the Earth’s surface. In early 2014, researchers discovered “ringwoodite,” a material located in the transition zone (between 410 km and 660 km deep), as proof that a giant sea of ​​water exists. exist below the surface of the Earth. According to scientists, this underground ocean is about 2.7 million years old, under tremendous pressure.

Before the ship was successfully rescued, the photo became the raw material for netizens to create photos around the trapped Panama flag super ship. The excavator becomes small when standing next to the ship Ever Given. Photo: Reuters. Mission Impossible Abdelgawad, 26, is an excavator worker working in the Suez Canal, earning about $ 190 a month. At 7:00 a.m. on March 23 (local time), he started the shift as usual. However, the entrance to the workplace was locked and no one was allowed in. “I asked the security guard and he said there was a ship stuck in the canal,” said Abdelgawad. Later, he and his colleagues returned to the workers’ lodging in the al-Arbain area, about a 30-minute drive from the workplace. An hour later, Abdelgawad received a call from his manager, asking him to quickly go to the east bank of the Suez Canal. A car from the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) was waiting outside the door. “I told the manager I could not enter the work area because it seemed a boat was stuck in the canal. He told me that I would go there for the sake of this ship, ”said the 26-year-old excavator driver. “When I got there, I saw that the excavator had been loaded onto the truck so that I could get closer to the bow. Going more than 1 kilometer, my heart started beating hard “. “SCA engineers told me about the incident. With 8 years of experience working in the canal, I realized that perhaps it was necessary to suck up all the mud and sand clinging to the bottom of the boat and dig deep from both sides of the ship because the bow was buried deeply in the sand, ”said Abdelgawad. Under this option, the excavator would have to dig more than 15 m deep, while the dredging ships would have to suck up all of the sediment that clinging to underneath so that the ship floated again. The Ever Given was trapped in the middle of the Suez Canal. Photo: Getty. Real life hero Abdelgawad, alone, diligently steered the excavator through the layers of sand under the giant ship. He worked non-stop until the afternoon of March 24, when someone else came to replace him. During 5 consecutive days, he only rested for 3-4 hours per day. “I sat in the excavator and looked up, the ship popped up like a skyscraper. When I started the engine, my heart beat the hardest. Everyone was worried about me for working right underneath my baby. Such a giant ship is extremely dangerous, “said Abdelgawad. “I was scared, but still determined to continue. I’m just worried that if something unfortunate happens, how will my father and family live. He only has me as a boy, the rest are two sisters, “he said. Abdelgawad poses next to the excavator. Photo: Abdelgawad. “The sediment layer crumbles into pieces both on the surface and settles down to form very large sediments. If the ship is tilted to a certain degree, me and the little excavator will be crushed by it. I felt like a soldier in real battle, ”said Abdelgawad. On the side of the Abdelgawad family, they kept calling the excavator crew to inquire about his situation every day. Meanwhile, many people have posted photos of the single excavator standing next to the giant super ship Ever Given on social networks and accompanied by ridicule. “They posted it online and laughed at the excavator and I, tacitly said that all my efforts were hopeless. I felt very sad, but I quickly forgot about it with the efforts of the entire rescue team. has been paid back. The ship re-floated on March 29. ” “I captured that great moment and posted it on Facebook. It felt like I had won a war,” said Abdelgawad. Returning to the small village of Danjwan, located on the outskirts of Shirbin city (Daqhaliyah province) Abdelgawad is greeted as a hero. The villagers shouted his name and celebrated. “I know that I have done something great for the country. My dad said he was very proud of me. My life has changed completely, ”said the 26-year-old man.